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All results from a given calculation for CH3OCHO (methyl formate)

using model chemistry: BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-229.039003
Energy at 298.15K-229.043747
Nuclear repulsion energy120.283259
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3099 3093 11.26      
2 A' 2983 2977 18.42      
3 A' 2961 2955 56.98      
4 A' 1696 1693 284.34      
5 A' 1424 1421 8.59      
6 A' 1391 1388 4.35      
7 A' 1331 1329 1.55      
8 A' 1157 1155 70.69      
9 A' 1102 1100 201.66      
10 A' 864 862 21.38      
11 A' 735 733 6.18      
12 A' 284 284 12.71      
13 A" 3061 3055 16.96      
14 A" 1414 1412 9.07      
15 A" 1116 1114 1.11      
16 A" 975 973 0.30      
17 A" 337 337 23.71      
18 A" 114 113 0.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13021.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9981) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12996.8 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.65218 0.22081 0.17042

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.390 0.419 0.000
O2 0.000 0.886 0.000
C3 -0.946 -0.095 0.000
O4 -0.735 -1.296 0.000
H5 1.997 1.335 0.000
H6 1.585 -0.187 0.901
H7 1.585 -0.187 -0.901
H8 -1.951 0.379 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.46612.39152.73011.09971.10321.10323.3411
O21.46611.36272.30242.04702.11532.11532.0158
C32.39151.36271.21983.27232.68812.68811.1113
O42.73012.30241.21983.79312.72432.72432.0706
H51.09972.04703.27233.79311.81651.81654.0623
H61.10322.11532.68812.72431.81651.80223.6927
H71.10322.11532.68812.72431.81651.80223.6927
H83.34112.01581.11132.07064.06233.69273.6927

picture of methyl formate state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 C3 115.387 O2 C1 H5 104.946
O2 C1 H6 110.038 O2 C1 H7 110.038
O2 C3 O4 126.046 O2 C3 H8 108.709
O4 C3 H8 125.245 H5 C1 H6 111.099
H5 C1 H7 111.099 H6 C1 H7 109.542
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 1.271      
2 O -0.306      
3 C 0.787      
4 O -0.355      
5 H -0.458      
6 H -0.270      
7 H -0.270      
8 H -0.399      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.035 1.642 0.000 1.941
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.980 -1.154 0.000
y -1.154 -29.091 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.605
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.369 -1.154 0.000
y -1.154 -7.299 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.930
Polar
3z2-r21.860
x2-y29.111
xy-1.154
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.437 0.414 0.000
y 0.414 5.853 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.143


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 73.670
(<r2>)1/2 8.583